profectio Latin · revision 31570

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''profectiō''' ''f'' (genitive profectiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Coins of Septimius Severus and Caracalla abbreviate it ''PROF'' or ''PROFECT''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|proficīscor|-tiō|t1=to set out]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan lists ⟨proficīscor⟩ among the derivatives of [[faciō|t=to make, do]], whose stem ⟨*fak-⟩ he traces to the aorist of [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest example is a line of Pacuvius quoted by Cicero: “glad at the departure, they watch the frolicking of the fish”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a setting out, a departure, from Pacuvius and Cicero on, as in Cicero's speech to the senate after his return and in his letters, and in Caesar and Livy.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it once for the source of something: “let the provenance of the money itself be investigated”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for journey, departure.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is a military campaign.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of a departure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of departures and of the source of money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A setting out, [[m|en|departure]]; a [[m|en|journey]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Provenance, source.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A military [[m|en|campaign]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[proficīscor]]

+ * [[profectus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate Late Latin ''profectiō'', from [[prōficiō|t=to make progress, be useful]], means benefit or progress; it appears in the Old Latin Bible and in Augustine, and in Medieval Latin as “advancement”.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}